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Ubuntu Server: Maximum Compression of a file Using 7za

Just a quick one-liner to remind me how to ultra compress a file using 7za instead of the bog standard gzip which I always seem to automatically turn to because its the only one I can remember out of my head!
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Ubuntu Terminal: How to Quickly GZip a File

File archiving is a particularly simple affair and there are quite a few different archive algorithms to pick and choose from. GZip (.gz) has for long been associated with Linux as one of its main archiving algorithms and so today’s quick command line tip highlights how to quickly create a zipped file on your system. Continue reading

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PHP: Extract a Zip File’s Contents

The other day I needed to automate the unzipping and processing of files contained within a zip archive. Using the existing PHP Zip library and some help off the web, this is what I was left with: Continue reading

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